Alphas & Betas

MMOs in various stages of testing and crowdfunding, playable and… not. Don’t forget to follow our Betawatch and Make My MMO columns for a weekly rundown. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Cross-platform Crusaders of Light to debut on Steam in March

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If you were on the lookout for a solid mobile MMO, you might have already checked out last year's Crusaders of Light on both...

Prosperous Universe expands its team to three, starts to map out the future

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It's been a couple of months since we last checked in with Prosperous Universe, the indie economic sandbox set in space. So what has...

The Immortal Rift invites testers to join this month’s closed beta

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How about a brand-new indie online RPG to brighten up your playing prospects this spring? Meet The Immortal Rift, a medieval fantasy MMO full...

Crowfall lays the foundation for future systems

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While ArtCraft is busy at work shoring up the fundamental systems that will make up Crowfall's core gameplay, the studio also has to lay...

Legends of Aria keeps the beta good times rolling

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While Legends of Aria prepares to wind down its first closed beta test on February 11th, it doesn't mean that the party has to...

ECO jumps into beta and Steam early access

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The blocky world simulator ECO has bidden farewell to alpha and moved right into beta today. The beta transition also coincides with the title's...

Dauntless lays out its seven steps to open beta

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With a year of alpha and closed beta testing behind it, Dauntless turns to 2018 with an eye toward grander things. Namely, open beta...
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DayZ is targeting Xbox Game Preview at some point this year

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When you think of DayZ these days, you probably don't think of it as the nexus of the survival sandbox popularity rush any longer....

Shroud of the Avatar’s most secret area appears only during certain planetary conjunctions

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With $12.64 million raised to date (including a recent injection of $50,000 from a telethon) in crowdfunding, Shroud of the Avatar's certainly had enough...

The Stream Team: Dipping into Dead Maze

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Can you imaging a zombie survival game that instead of ganking has cooperative play? No? Well, you don't need imagination -- you can play...

PUBG’s Reshade-blocking patch lands tonight as Bluehole bans 1M cheaters in January

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has an extreme cheating problem, and it's not going away. Anti-cheat tool BattlEye announced today that it helped Bluehole ban over a...

Ship of Heroes teases February combat alpha with new gameplay pics

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Ship of Heroes' latest newsletter is here, and it's all about the escorted combat alpha due to begin later this month. "The combat alpha will...

332,000 pirates board Sea of Thieves’ closed beta

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It turns out that not only were players excited to jump into the role of pirates-to-be for Sea of Thieves' closed beta last month,...

The MOP Up: Overwatch rings in the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2018)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Make My MMO: Crowfall’s EU servers, Camelot’s newsletter, Star Citizen’s perks (February 3, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained's idea of a "short" newsletter is still over 3000 words, but it's live this week with a rundown...

Worlds Adrift looks forward to the next two patches

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With the next big testing patch arriving on Tuesday, Worlds Adrift is preparing players for a wipe that will make way for improvements to...

The Stream Team: A first look at the shooter Ironsight

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Massively OP's MJ may not be the most proficient with shooters, but that doesn't mean she won't give a new one a go! Someone...
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Betawatch: Legends of Aria starts its closed beta (February 2, 2018)

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Congratulations, Legends of Aria, we're glad to see that you're in closed beta now. It's been a twisting road for this particular title, but...

Co-op survival MMO Dead Maze pits you against zombies when it launches February 13

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Last August, we heard about a cute little coop survival MMO called Dead Maze. Yeah, yeah, it's zombies. But it's also not your average...

Multiplayer shooter Ironsight goes into open beta

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Lock and load, Ironsight is ready to go. Aeria Games' military multiplayer shooter went into open beta testing on Thursday, allowing just about everyone...

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